First published in 1989, this book is about integrating or mainstreaming policies, looking specifically at how to improve circumstances for schoolchildren with disabilities or handicaps, and their teachers. Although written at the end of the 1980s, this book discusses topics that are still relevant today.

Acknowledgements; Series Editor's Preface; List of Tables and Figures; Introduction; Part I: Theorizing 1. Theorizing disability 2. Theorizing integration and mainstreaming Part II: Local practices 3. Scandinavian policy practices 4. Californian policy practices 5. English policy practices 6. Victorian policy practices Part III: Comparisons 7. Comparative issues Part IV: Conclusions and an agenda 8. Conclusions Index